January 12, 1875

Terry, William, 1824-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas M. Alfriend

Encloses twenty dollars regarding the insurance policy on his house.

GLC03467.07

1844-1880

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters from Confederate officials [Decimalized .01-.08]

Eight autograph letters signed by notable figures in the Confederate Government.

GLC03468

7 March 1844

Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T. Kelly & Son

Writes regarding a debt for Mr. Marshall. With a newspaper account mocking Clay attached to a blank page of the letter. Account from the Lexington Journal, 24 October, 1862.

GLC03468.01

26 March 1857

Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frederick P. Stanton

Recommending James B. Ferguson for navy service.

GLC03468.02

8 April 1857

Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Howell Cobb

Regarding a recommendation for O.W. Edwards for a Treasury position. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03468.04

1861-1862 circa

Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas J. Porter

Forwarding Porter a petition to the President, and wishes Porter would forward it to the President. The petition requests the exemption of Walker's overseer from military service. Most likely written while Walker was Secretary of State, between 17 September 1861 and 31 March 1862.

GLC03468.08

1858 - 1886

Header Record

Title: Various documents signed by Civil War Generals who played a role at Gettysburg [Decimalized .01-.08]

Collection of eight documents, each related to Union or Confederate Generals that played a role at the battle of Gettysburg.

GLC03469

18 September 1867

Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James G. Wilson

Thanks Wilson for an invitation, and hopes to attend, if his health permits him. Mounted on paper 25.5 x 16.5 cm.

GLC03469.01

January 24, 1868

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. Swain

Approves of the idea to "establish a campaign paper in the city of New York." Written on State of Maine Executive Department Stationary.

GLC03469.02

5 April 1886

Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marcus J. Wright

Thanks Wright for sending him certain statistics, and sends him a copy of one of his speeches.

GLC03469.03

8 October 1862

Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsements of Hofmann, Doubleday, and Reynolds]

Leaf with autograph endorsements signed by Abner Doubleday, John W. Hofmann and John F. Reynolds. Mounted on paper 31 x 20 cm.

GLC03469.06

23 November 1858

Steuart, George H., 1828-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob E. Newman

Asks Newman to pay the rent he owes. Mounted on paper 20 x 29.5 cm.

GLC03469.07

18 February 1873

Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway, 1802-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry B. Dawson

Requesting copies and a subscription of a magazine, most likely Historical Magazine, which Dawson edited.

GLC03469.08

24 October 1864

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph document signed

Title: to George G. Meade

Ordering Meade to send "one of your reduced regular regiments to New York City to report to General Dix for duty."

GLC03470

1858-1897

Heirs, William A., fl. 1858-1897

Header Record

Title: [Letters of William Andy Heirs, E company, 3rd regiment, Alabama, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .229]

Heirs served in Company E, 3rd Alabama Regiment. The collection includes 66 letters from William A. Heirs to Sue Carter, 37 of which are wardate. Other letters are from Thomas Heirs, John D. Hays, and "Tom" to Sue Carter. These letters are separated out and arranged chronogically by author. The remainder of the collection is composed mostly of letters to Sue Carter from friends and family. These letters are arranged only by date. Includes 225 letters, 71 envelopes, and 1 photograph. Draft transcripts available for most letters.

GLC03135.05

4 January 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. Stanley Brown

Thanks Brown sincerely for the "beautiful bear skin" he had given him. Promises to put it in his home as a constant reminder of Brown's consideration.

GLC03141

17 November 1921

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Typed letter signed

Title: to Carl Bronner

Regarding the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. Written on White House stationery.

GLC03144

1878/05/20

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Herbert P. Maris re: receipt of & thanks for "Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs"

Written on Executive Mansion stationery.

GLC03145

1931/07/10

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Louis L. Emmerson

Confidential letter written to the Governor of Illinois about America's economic situation during the Great Depression and the prospect of continued destitution. Praises Emmerson's "organization last winter" and discusses the need for earlier appropriations of federal money to the states. Typed on White House stationery.

GLC03146

January 29, 1777

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Apollos Morris

Politely refuses to forward a letter offering peace intermediation by Morris because British General William Howe still refuses to negotiate with Congress, "the only great representative Body of this Continent." With two drafts of Morris's reply, defending himself and explaining his intentions, on the verso and blank areas of the address leaf.

GLC03155

1820/05/19

Jones, Edward, fl. 1820-1824

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Frothingham

Requests that the attached notice from the Treasury be inserted on every second day into two major Boston newspapers. The notice is a manuscript document signed by Secretary of the Treasury William Crawford. It lays out the rules for the solicitation of bids for loans to the United States. One black and white bust engraving of Crawford included.

GLC03159

18 December 1857

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Broadsheet

Title: Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs

Complete text of Douglas's report from the Committee on Territories to the United States Senate on December 18, 1857. With a new bill proposing specific guidelines for authorizing the Kansas territory to form a constitution to prepare for admittance to the Union. This report was evidence of Douglas's disapproval of the notorious pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution proposed for Kansas, which was endorsed by President James Buchanan. Douglas, hoping to save his Senate seat in the 1858 election, opposed the administration not because it sanctioned slavery in Kansas, but because it violated his…

GLC03167

29 June 1850

Shields, James, 1806-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Chathen

Shields writes as a U.S. Senator from Illinois to Chathen at Jacksonville, Illinois. Argues that Henry Clay opposes the extension of slavery and is no more a pro-slavery man than Thomas Hart Benton (both Clay and Benton were U.S. Senators). Also notes that Chathen has made the mistake of labeling compromise (the Compromise of 1850) as a pro-slavery measure. Argues that the Compromise is opposed violently by the south, and will be defeated by southerners, because they see it as an enactment of the Wilmot Proviso. Contains various pencil notes on verso, apparently unrelated to Shields's…

GLC03170

28 October 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. LVII (October 28, 1789)]

Prints an editorial observing that "…however various the Sentiments respecting the Merits of this System, all good men are agreed in the necessity that exists, of an Efficient Federal Government." Also includes a letter from John Adams in Amsterdam, in which he argues that no state in the American confederation would voluntarily revolt, and intelligence from London and around the United States. Notes President George Washington's upcoming visit to Massachusetts and Boston. Includes an article on paying debts, an abstract from the journal of the first session of the Senate, a report on the…

GLC03173

30 September 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. XLIX (September 30, 1789)]

Reports on the French Revolution and activities in the House of Representatives, including reference to the "fixing of the seat of government" and an editorial note that "this closes our account of the proceedings of the full session of Congress under the New Constitution…an object of prime consequence." Prints a letter of congratulations to George Washington on the progress of the new government, from the Pennsylvania General Assembly, who point out that their state was among the first to ratify the Constitution. Washington's reply is printed as well: "…the Union of these States is…

GLC03174.02